Studio: international art (47.1909)

A rt School Notes

SPECIMEN OF DRAWN LINEN AND LACE WORK OF ANCIENT DESIGN, EXECUTED
BY BOLOGNESE WOMEN FOR THE “ /EMILIA ARS ” SOCIETY, BOLOGNA

Pennethorne. The painting of still life is always
encouraged at the London School of Art, and in
this class the quality of the work shown was
exceptionally good. Here, again, was evident the
attempt to make the students see and render the
whole thing portrayed in its right relation to the
background. The influence of Mr. Nicholson was
shown in the directness and simplicity of the work,
in the evidence of a restricted palette, and, perhaps,
in the curiously coarse canvas affected by some of
the students. The first prizes for still life were
awarded to Miss Marsh (morning) and Miss Beloe
(afternoon). Minor prizes in the various sections
were taken by Mr. Barr, Miss Jennings, Miss
Jackson, Mr. Pipes, Mr. Richter, Miss Hynes, Miss
Marsh and Mr. Sherwood. The Director of the
School, Mr. C. P. Townsley, has recently instituted
classes for the study of anatomy, and weekly lectures
on this subject have been given by Miss Uellina W.
A. Parkes.

At the Slade School the scholarships in fine
art of ^35 per annum, tenable for two years, have
been awarded to M. Gertler and F. A. Helps; and
the Melvill Nettleship prize for figure composition
to Elaine T. Lessore and W. L. Claus (equal).
Other prizes for figure composition have been
gained by J. D. Innes and Winifred Phillips
(equal); for figure painting, first prizes
(equal) by Edith M. Lush and M. G.

Lightfoot, and second prizes (equal) to
W. L. Claus and R. Ihlee. The first
prizes for painting heads from the life
(equal) were also taken by Edith M.

Lush and M. G. Lightfoot, and the
second prize by W. L. Claus ; and the
prize for painting from the cast by
M. G. Lightfoot. In figure drawing
R. Ihlee took the first prize, and
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Dorothy Stevens and
M. G. Lightfoot (equal)
the second prizes. The
prize of S.3 for fine art
anatomy has been
awarded to Violet Hellard.

W. T. W.

OLOGNA. — A
society bearing
the name
“PEmilia Ars”
was formed in this city,
which is the centre of
the FEmilian region, some
years ago for the development on artistic and
philanthropic lines of various decorative handi-
crafts. The brass-work, ceramics, furniture, bind-
ing, etc., though good of their kind, have not
attained sufficient importance to demand very
special attention. But one branch has flourished
so admirably that it is now recognised all over
Italy, and, to some extent, in other countries, as
being a real artistic revival. This is the linen
work. Its success is fully justified by its technical
excellence, the admirable choice of materials and
designs, and the useful character of even the most
elaborate pieces. _

This development is almost entirely due to the
initiative of Countess Lena Cavazza, of Bologna,
who, besides collecting old models and designs,
took in hand the difficult organisation of the in-
dustry, showing a rare power of compelling numbers
of isolated wo men-workers (able enough technically,
but devoid of artistic knowledge) to appreciate the
importance of making their work interesting, and
of infusing into their minds the sense of the
necessity of co-operation. Every collaborator,
however humble, after receiving full pay for her
work at the highest possible rate, has a share in
the profits to the extent of 35 per cent. The
work is distributed among women in their own

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